EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 21, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy,
calling attention to the necessity of appropriating the sum of $12,000
under the head of "Contingent equipment and recruiting," for immediate
use, to defray accruing expenses during the remainder of the current
fiscal year.
The matter is commended to the favorable consideration of Congress.